Quotes About Honesty

I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.

Truth never hurts the teller.

There is no wisdom save in truth.

It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.

Wisdom teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a colour.

In modern times, what impresses one is not a simple and unassuming statement of the truth, but superficial showmanship and display.

Wisdom can only come through honest introspection.

Trustable words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not trustable.

Laws must never be made compatible with crimes, no more than lying should be in harmony with the truth.

Honesty and wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense!

In God's eyes, a man who teaches one truth and nothing else is more righteous than a man who teaches a million truths and one lie.

Man has an inexhuastible faculty for lying, especially to himself.

At the end of the day, anybody who thinks there's a reward for nothing, ends up losing.

True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues.

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

Courage and wisdom are, indeed, rarities amongst men, but of all that is good, a just man it would seem is the most scarce.

The Bible says, 'The truth shall make you free.' But let's not forget it was Spiro Agnew who said that a good lie will keep you out of jail in the first place.

There are three things you cannot hide: smell of the garlic, fragrance of the flower and the wisdom of the teacher.

Whatever you have to say, you say it from your heart.

Wisdom is never dear, provided the article be genuine.

Through true honestydeeply believethat all sentient-beings are one.That all beings have the sametrue nature,wisdom,virtue.

The first step to wisdom is to be sure one says and does what one believes.

The details are the life of it, I insist, say everything on your mind, don't hold back, don't analyze or anything as you go along, say it out.

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